Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Bombers russians intercepted off the coast of Brittany – BFMTV.COM

A new provocation on the part of Moscow? Two fighter-bombers the russians have been near the coast of brittany, on the 22nd of September last, revealed in the journal The Telegram on Tuesday, citing a note published on the website of the ministry of Defence, the day after the incident.

the first incident in February

as they flew from Norway to Spain, the two bombers were first escorted by fighter jets F-16 from norway, and then by the british Royal Air Force. It is this last which has warned France, which has sent two Burst to escort Brittany up off Mont-de-Marsan, in the Landes region, according to The Telegram.

The two Tupolev Tu-160 would have stolen a hundred kilometers of the coast of brittany, says his side RTL, recalling that a similar incident had already occurred in February 2016, when two bombers russians had been intercepted on the train to fly off to le Touquet. They were intercepted and escorted by hunters of british and French, over the English Channel.

A challenge

Russia does not need this kind of flight to obtain information, the flights recorded on the 22nd September could be a simple challenge to the members of NATO, reports The Telegram, which sees a power message found sent by Moscow to the West, at a time when interest compete indirectly in Syria, and where the Russians are unaware of the accusations of the united Nations about the bombings on Aleppo.